Minerals, Volume 12, Issue 7

The present study is an integrated approach to the Pt, Pd, and Rh cycling derived from catalytic converters along highway roadsides of the Athens Basin, including their contents, the dispersed Pt- and Pd-bearing nano- and microparticles in dust and b...

The Tibetan Plateau is known as the core area of the third pole of the Earth and is a key area for global climate change research. This study uses the Zabuye Salt Lake travertine dam as the research object and U–Th dating as the chronological f...

The magnetotelluric (MT) sounding of a layered Earth model involving a transitional layer has been widely studied, and MT responses of the model with dipping anisotropic conductivity have also been treated. However, a model incorporating both a trans...

We performed an extensive optical and chemical analysis of a single Keokuk geode using electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy that revealed an extraordinary array of minerals and multiple, complex cycles of minerali...

The source and petrogenesis of peraluminous granitic rocks in orogenic belts can provide insights into the evolution, architecture, and composition of continental crust. Neoproterozoic peraluminous granitic rocks are sporadically exposed in the Tians...

As a typical tight oil reservoir in a lake basin, the Permian Lucaogou Formation of the Jimsar Sag in the Junggar Basin has great potential for exploration and development. However, at present, there are few studies on the identification of the diage...

The large Bayanbaolege Ag polymetallic ore deposit is located in the Tuquan-Linxi Fe (Sn)-Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Nb (Ta) polymetallic metallogenic belt, which is an important part of the Great Xing’an Range metallogenic province, northeast China. The sulf...

The majority of ferrochrome (FeCr) is produced through the carbothermic reduction of chromite ore. In recent years, FeCr producers have been pressured to curve carbon emissions, necessitating the exploration of alternative smelting methods. The use o...

In this study, clay and non-clay minerals in the cement of Cretaceous volcanogenic–sedimentary rocks from the bottom of the marginal seas of the north-western Pacific Ocean and adjacent areas were studied. Corrensite and mixed-layer chlorite&nd...

For a long time, particular attention was paid to glauconitization in the surficial sediments lying on the outer continental shelves of present oceans. Subsequently, the processes observed and analyzed may have served as models for studies of glaucon...